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Jonathan Zucchetti
Nov 20, 2025
Jonathan Zucchetti
The Best Commander From Every Year of the 2000s
With 2025 drawing to a close, let's take a look back at this quarter century and pick out the best commanders from each year.
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Grave Venerations
100%inclusion1 decks1 decks
99%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Greedy Freebooter
93%inclusion14 decks15 decks
87%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
87%inclusion13 decks15 decks
84%synergy
Dark Privilege
73%inclusion11 decks15 decks
72%synergy
Cadaver Imp
73%inclusion11 decks15 decks
71%synergy
Tattered Mummy
67%inclusion10 decks15 decks
66%synergy
Skullport Merchant
67%inclusion10 decks15 decks
65%synergy
Big Game Hunter
67%inclusion10 decks15 decks
64%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
87%inclusion13 decks15 decks
64%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
80%inclusion12 decks15 decks
64%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
87%inclusion13 decks15 decks
64%synergy
Top Cards
Blood Artist
80%inclusion12 decks15 decks
48%synergy
Deadly Dispute
80%inclusion12 decks15 decks
56%synergy
Village Rites
73%inclusion11 decks15 decks
49%synergy
Viscera Seer
73%inclusion11 decks15 decks
57%synergy
Feed the Swarm
67%inclusion10 decks15 decks
15%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
67%inclusion10 decks15 decks
48%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
67%inclusion10 decks15 decks
55%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
67%inclusion10 decks15 decks
35%synergy
Shambling Ghast
67%inclusion10 decks15 decks
61%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
60%inclusion9 decks15 decks
49%synergy
Creatures
Serrated Scorpion
60%inclusion9 decks15 decks
58%synergy
Blood Pet
60%inclusion9 decks15 decks
52%synergy
Leaden Myr
60%inclusion9 decks15 decks
54%synergy
Clattering Augur
60%inclusion9 decks15 decks
58%synergy
Burglar Rat
53%inclusion8 decks15 decks
42%synergy
Abyssal Gatekeeper
53%inclusion8 decks15 decks
52%synergy
Fume Spitter
53%inclusion8 decks15 decks
52%synergy
Disciple of Perdition
53%inclusion8 decks15 decks
52%synergy
Bone Shredder
53%inclusion8 decks15 decks
51%synergy
Novice Occultist
53%inclusion8 decks15 decks
52%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
41%synergy
Pilgrim's Eye
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
45%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
21%synergy
Skyscanner
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
45%synergy
Carrion Feeder
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
35%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
32%synergy
Grim Haruspex
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
31%synergy
Bloodthrone Vampire
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
39%synergy
Virus Beetle
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
33%synergy
Dutiful Attendant
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
39%synergy
Dockside Chef
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
38%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
13%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
-18%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
32%synergy
Crypt Ghast
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
-15%synergy
Lampad of Death's Vigil
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
33%synergy
Gleaming Barrier
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
26%synergy
Bottle Gnomes
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
26%synergy
Infestation Sage
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
22%synergy
Bloodflow Connoisseur
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
26%synergy
Nezumi Informant
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
20%synergy
Snarling Gorehound
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
25%synergy
Soldevi Adnate
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
23%synergy
Doomed Dissenter
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
18%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
14%synergy
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
19%synergy
Ornithopter of Paradise
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
17%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
11%synergy
Deathgreeter
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
16%synergy
Smothering Abomination
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
18%synergy
Susurian Voidborn
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
17%synergy
Elderfang Disciple
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
13%synergy
Mindless Automaton
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
19%synergy
Perilous Myr
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
19%synergy
Hecteyes
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
14%synergy
Agent Venom
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
10%synergy
Marsh Flitter
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
13%synergy
Vindictive Vampire
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
10%synergy
Blood Seeker
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Instants
Tragic Slip
60%inclusion9 decks15 decks
39%synergy
Dark Ritual
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
-20%synergy
Withering Torment
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
8%synergy
Fell the Profane
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
8%synergy
Not Dead After All
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
15%synergy
Defile
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
-11%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Undying Malice
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
17%synergy
Imp's Mischief
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
-4%synergy
Altar's Reap
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
17%synergy
Body Count
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
19%synergy
Flare of Malice
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Offer Immortality
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
18%synergy
Go for the Throat
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-10%synergy
Culling the Weak
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-2%synergy
Armor of Shadows
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
11%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Bitter Triumph
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Costly Plunder
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
11%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
9%synergy
Infernal Grasp
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-12%synergy
Professor's Warning
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Feign Death
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Without Weakness
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
13%synergy
Hero's Downfall
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
0%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Essence Extraction
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Cut Down
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Hazel's Nocturne
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Pile On
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Consuming Corruption
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-9%synergy
Battle-Rage Blessing
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Thrilling Encore
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Tergrid's Shadow
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Smother
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Doom Blade
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-1%synergy
Terror
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Soul Shatter
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-6%synergy
Alesha's Legacy
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Null Elemental Blast
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Szat's Will
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Unlikely Aid
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Murder
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-4%synergy
Abnormal Endurance
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Sorceries
Eaten Alive
60%inclusion9 decks15 decks
56%synergy
Bone Shards
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
43%synergy
Victimize
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
14%synergy
Diabolic Intent
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
19%synergy
Mutilate
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
8%synergy
Dread Return
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
8%synergy
Night's Whisper
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
-4%synergy
Decree of Pain
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
14%synergy
Bone Splinters
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
11%synergy
Worthy Cost
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-1%synergy
Season of Loss
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
11%synergy
Spark Harvest
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
13%synergy
Annihilating Glare
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Toxic Deluge
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-24%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-4%synergy
Phyrexian Tribute
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
13%synergy
Damnation
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-8%synergy
Rankle's Prank
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Bankrupt in Blood
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Increasing Ambition
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Eliminate the Competition
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Reprocess
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Forever Young
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-4%synergy
Unearth
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-2%synergy
Read the Bones
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-11%synergy
Innocent Blood
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
1%synergy
Exsanguinate
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-18%synergy
Consume Spirit
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Barter in Blood
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Living Death
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-4%synergy
Reanimate
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-32%synergy
Gild
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Corrupt
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-5%synergy
Sign in Blood
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-30%synergy
Killing Wave
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Mastermind's Acquisition
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Disentomb
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Selective Obliteration
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Final Vengeance
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Blood for Bones
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Ashnod's Altar
53%inclusion8 decks15 decks
34%synergy
Skullclamp
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
19%synergy
Lightning Greaves
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Jet Medallion
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
-27%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
24%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Mirror Shield
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
19%synergy
Bontu's Monument
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
-8%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
9%synergy
Genesis Chamber
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
10%synergy
Mithril Coat
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
8%synergy
Expedition Map
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
1%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-10%synergy
Baton of Morale
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Mask of Avacyn
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Darksteel Plate
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Meekstone
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Champion's Helm
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
1%synergy
Sanctuary Blade
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Bubbling Cauldron
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Witch's Cauldron
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Black Market
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
19%synergy
Vampiric Rites
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
34%synergy
Attrition
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
30%synergy
Soul Enervation
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
26%synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
23%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
26%synergy
Open the Graves
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
17%synergy
Grave Pact
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
1%synergy
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
15%synergy
Gift of Doom
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
12%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
10%synergy
Teval's Judgment
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
11%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-27%synergy
Heartless Summoning
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
9%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-11%synergy
Vampirism
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Hecatomb
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Consecrated by Blood
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Contamination
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-3%synergy
Curse of Disturbance
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Mind Slash
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Fallen Ideal
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Skeletal Grimace
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Tainted Remedy
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Koskun Falls
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Oubliette
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Curse of Shallow Graves
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Night of Souls' Betrayal
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
The Sibsig Ceremony
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Into the Pit
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Dark Prophecy
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
0%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
67%inclusion10 decks15 decks
20%synergy
Reliquary Tower
67%inclusion10 decks15 decks
35%synergy
Mortuary Mire
60%inclusion9 decks15 decks
47%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
36%synergy
Witch's Cottage
47%inclusion7 decks15 decks
22%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
9%synergy
Cabal Coffers
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
-22%synergy
Memorial to Folly
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
23%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
17%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
11%synergy
Accursed Duneyard
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
18%synergy
Castle Locthwain
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-22%synergy
Barren Moor
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
3%synergy
War Room
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-3%synergy
Command Beacon
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-24%synergy
Rogue's Passage
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-5%synergy
High Market
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
7%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-3%synergy
Westvale Abbey
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
0%synergy
Buried Ruin
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
1%synergy
Ghost Quarter
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Tyrite Sanctum
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-23%synergy
Crystal Vein
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Field of Ruin
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Polluted Mire
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
3%synergy
Thespian's Stage
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
1%synergy
Temple of the False God
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
87%inclusion13 decks15 decks
0%synergy
Arcane Signet
53%inclusion8 decks15 decks
-9%synergy
Crowded Crypt
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
15%synergy
Thought Vessel
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
-7%synergy
Mind Stone
20%inclusion3 decks15 decks
-11%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
-10%synergy
The Soul Stone
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
-3%synergy
Commander's Sphere
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
-3%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion15 decks15 decks
5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
40%inclusion6 decks15 decks
13%synergy
Fell the Profane
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
8%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
27%inclusion4 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Demolition Field
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
8%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
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